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How Yoga Changed My Life169. Sandbag Pranayama Practice with Liz AlbanisIn this week's episode, Liz Albanis, from Episode 168, guides you through a weighted pranayama practice designed to strengthen and awaken your diaphragm.Using a sandbag — or any comfortably weighted object — across your diaphragm, this technique becomes a form of resistance training for your breath. A blanket or even a bag of rice can work. The heavier the weight, the more intense the pranayama practice becomes. It’s good to start with a lighter weight so the nothing feels forced. The goal isn’t perfection — it’s gentle, steady feedback.By adding weight to the breath, you create s...
2026-03-0209 minHow Yoga Changed My Life168. A Yogi from Down Under on Resiliency and Yoga TherapyIn this week's episode Adrienne and cohosts interview Liz Albanis. She shares how she found yoga despite disconnection with her own body, found the right teacher training at the right time, and is deepening her yoga teaching through yoga therapy - which has a unique definition in Australia in comparison to the United States!Send a textWanna be on the show? Click here to fill out our guest info form or drop us a email at yogachanged@gmail.comFollow us on TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@yogachangedFollow...
2026-02-241h 26
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaYoga For Trauma The Inner Fire of Yoga Season 2 TrailerWelcome to Season 2 of Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga . This season, we're diving even deeper into the intersection of trauma recovery through yoga. spotlighting powerful tools, practices, and lived experiences that support long-term healing. Whether you're a trauma survivor, a mental health professional, or a yoga teacher wanting to offer trauma-informed yoga, this season is made for you. Expect raw conversations from people here in Australia and overseas. Science-backed insights, and practical guidance on:Using somatic yoga for trauma to release stored tensionYoga for trauma releaseHow yoga poses for tr...
2026-02-1102 min
Conversations That HealHealing Trauma With YogaIn this heartfelt episode of Conversations That Heal, Dr. Stephanie Diane Jeffreys sits down with Liz Albanis, senior yoga teacher and host of Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga, to explore how trauma truly lives in the body not just the mind.
After surviving childhood sexual assault, miscarriage, the loss of her mother, and two house fires, Liz shares how traditional yoga wasn’t always healing and how trauma-informed, somatic practices helped her reconnect safely with her body. We talk about nervous system healing, trauma tremors, pacing, consent, and why small, gentle practices can be mo...
2026-02-0924 min
Unapologetic Living with Elizabeth ElliottWhen the Body Feels Safe Again: Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy featuring Liz AlbanisSend a textIn this episode, I'm joined by Liz Albanis, founder of Liz Albanis Wellness and host of the podcast Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga. Liz is a senior yoga teacher with over a decade of experience, a yoga therapist in training, and a holistic health and wellness coach blending yoga, Pilates, barre, and fitness to support mental, emotional, and physical healing. Her work centers on making yoga accessible, compassionate, and trauma-informed, helping individuals create personalized practices that fit their lifestyles and support nervous system regulation, resilience, and overall well-being. Liz's belief that...
2026-02-021h 07
Positive Solutions 4 Life-Transforming Your Mind & Body from the Inside OutYoga for Mental Health with Liz AlbanisIn this powerful and eye-opening episode of Positive Solutions 4 Life, Peggy sits down with Liz Albanis to explore how yoga can be a deeply healing, accessible practice for mental health, trauma recovery, and nervous system regulation—without needing flexibility, fancy poses, or a yoga mat.
Liz shares her personal journey through childhood trauma, PTSD, undiagnosed ADHD, workplace bullying, and surviving devastating fires—including the loss of her home. Through these experiences, yoga became more than exercise; it became a lifeline that helped her regulate stress, quit smoking, build resilience, and reconnect with her body and breath.
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2026-01-3037 min
Master Your Yoga Teaching with MaKenzie FlyWhen Relaxation Backfires: The Triggers Yoga Teachers Miss w/ Liz AlbanisWhat if your “relaxing” yoga class was triggering someone’s trauma response?Candles. Cues. Eye pillows. Music.The stuff we think creates calm might be doing the exact opposite—and most teachers have no idea.Senior teacher Liz Albanis gets honest and unfiltered about the hidden ways yoga can harm—and how to teach with real sensitivity.Inside this raw + eye-opening episode:🧠 Yoga as penicillin? Why what heals one student could harm another😬 The “nourishing” studio elements that quietly dysregulate trauma survivors💪🏽 That pose isn’t hard—it’s literally...
2026-01-2152 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaAnnouncement: Season 2 Coming 6 April 2026⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review!Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home. 💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan. Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website. Instagram: Youtube
2025-12-2903 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaYoga For Trauma Season 1 Guest Highlights | Ep 20Welcome to the finale of Season 1 - Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga. A celebration of transformation, truth, and the fire that burns within. This wrap-up episode features curated highlights from each guest who appeared on in 2025. Liz Albanis reflects on the wisdom shared by a diverse and inspiring group of yoga teachers. Yoga therapists, mental health advocates. And spiritual seekers from Australia, Germany the US, and beyond. Together, they explored the intersection of yoga, trauma recovery, mental health, nervous system regulation, sustainable wellbeing, and the deep inner inquiry that leads to transformation.“Half of you...
2025-12-221h 02
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaTrauma Experiences and Trauma Healing Modalities (Liz on the Get Loud Podcast With Kristen Klipp) | Ep 19This week, I'm doing something different. I'm sharing an episode of the Get Loud Podcast with Kristin Klipp. I was a guest on this podcast in April and Kristin has kindly given me authority to share this. Episode SummaryLiz Albanis joined the podcast to discuss Trauma Experiences and Trauma Healing Modalities with Kristin. This podcast episode may be triggering for some. Please use caution when listening to this episode. Liz talks about the traumas she has experienced in her life and how they have affected her. If you find yourself feeling triggered d...
2025-12-0745 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaTrauma to Trust: Todd McLaughlin on Trauma-Informed Yoga, Cults, and Gurus | Ep 18In this episode, host Liz Albanis speaks with Todd McLaughlin about his inspiring yoga journey. Todd shares his story of religious cults, near death experiences. To navigating challenges within the yoga community, including cult-like dynamics.Todd brings more than two decades of lived yoga experience.This conversation dives into the dark side of spiritual practice. Questioning the glorification of pain, the idolisation of teachers, and the unconscious patterns many carry into their yoga journeys. Todd reflects on what it means to evolve beyond performative practice and into one grounded in intention, integrity, and nervous system aw...
2025-11-241h 15
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaUnderstanding Anxiety, Panic and Trauma with Brian Sachetta | Ep 17Liz Albanis continues her conversation with Brian Sachetta. 'Little T' versus 'big T' trauma. They discuss the embodied experience of anxiety. Tools that have supported his healing. Brian shares practical strategies to help listeners move through panic attacks. Reduce stress, and manage anxiety and depression. From understanding the "proverbial tiger" that triggers our nervous system. To how eye movement and physical exercise can shift our mental state. This episode offers grounded, science-informed tools for self-regulation and resilience.Topics Covered:The physiological experience of panic attacksDifference between fear, anxiety, and panicHow movement helps regulate the n...
2025-11-1040 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaRewiring the Brain: Anxiety, Depression & Corrective Experiences With Brian Sachetta Ep | 16Liz chats with Brian Sachetta. In this powerful conversation, Brian shares his lived journey. Through anxiety, depression, and OCD. How he’s come to approach healing as a long, incremental process rather than a sudden fix. He speaks openly about the neural rewiring. Required to redefine old patterns rooted in trauma and fear. How “corrective experiences” help shift the pathways we’ve unconsciously reinforced.Key Takeaways:The distinction between everyday sadness or nervousness and clinical depression/anxietyHow fighting intrusive thoughts can unintentionally strengthen themThe role of exposure therapy. Taken in small, supportive steps, in rewiring...
2025-10-2741 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaAstrology, Suffering And The Fire Within With Rob Dorgan | Ep 15In Part 2, Liz Albanis continues her conversation with Rob Dorgan. They explore the Kleshas, The five root causes of human suffering in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. And how they show up in real life. They explore why self-inquiry can feel like “burning down” old identities. And guide us through personal transformation.From attachment and aversion to the fear of change. Rob shares how the Yoga Sutras and Kashmir Shaivism inform his work. Why building self-integrity through small daily practices can change everything. Drawing from his novel Awakening the Mystic. Which blends fiction, memoir, yoga and astrolog...
2025-10-1345 min
Native Yoga ToddcastLiz Albanis | The Inner Fire of Healing: Yoga, Pilates & ResilienceSend a textLiz Albanis is an experienced wellness professional based in Canberra, Australia. With a background blending yoga, Pilates, and fitness, she has dedicated her career to harnessing the therapeutic potential of these disciplines, especially for mental health challenges such as PTSD. Liz is known for her trauma-informed approach to yoga, having studied extensively with esteemed mentors like Sarah Powers and John Olgavy. She offers personalized wellness programs through her own platform, Liz Albanis Wellness, and hosts the podcast "Yoga for Trauma - The Inner Fire of Yoga."Visit Liz here: https...
2025-10-101h 02
Confidence Through HealthRelease, Relax, Restore w/ Liz AlbanisLiz Albanis shares her personal story of finding healing through her yoga practice. She also shares how:Trauma lives in the fascia and nervous system, shown through her own experience with involuntary post-fire trauma tremorsCertain yoga poses spike anxiety and restless nights, while others lower blood pressure and support mental healthSomatic yoga is different from traditional yoga when it comes to processing trauma and improving emotional well-beingCreating a personalized practice empowers you to process loss, rebuild inner stability, & find strength in uncertaintyLiz Albanis is a senior yoga teacher, yoga therapist in training, and host of Yoga...
2025-10-0855 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaNeuroscience Meets Yoga With Rob Dorgan | Ep 14Liz Albanis sits down with Rob Dorgan. Part 1 of their conversation. Rob's practice began in the 1980s and evolved from sweaty Ashtanga to alignment-driven asana. Why meditation can be “the ultimate self-love'. How tools (from handstands to quiet sitting) reshape our nervous system, relationships, and life choices.Key Topics:Rob's Yoga Journey: Tantra’s non-dual lens. moving beyond “right/wrong” to harvest meaning and growth from hard seasons.Meditation as daily medicine: consistency over intensity. why sitting is a relationship with the inner Self (the “divine spark”).Mindfulness vs. meditation: Yoga Sutras & the eight limbs: not a ladder you “fi...
2025-09-2935 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaYoga for Mental Health: Meeting Your Mood | Ep 13In this enriching episode on yoga for mental health and trauma recovery. Liz Albanis delves into why this happens and shares how to alter your yoga approach if you're struggling with anxiety, depression, or trauma. Have you ever left a yoga class feeling more anxious or drained? Maybe you've struggled to stay still in savasana (final resting pose). Or found restorative yoga made you feel more anxious, rather than rested? You’re not aloneThrough the lens of yogic psychology and trauma-informed yoga practices. Liz emphasises the importance of 'meeting your mood' at the commencement of...
2025-09-1515 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaTrauma-Informed Yoga, Journal Therapy and Ayurveda with Doro Baumfalk | Ep 12Join Liz Albanis as she chats with Doro Baumfalk about teaching trauma-informed Yoga. Yoga for mental health, Ayurveda and journaling. Together they explore:Trauma-aware yoga teaching. How props, poses, language, and environment can be triggers. And how to offer students compassionate options.Dorothy’s personal journey to discovering yogaThe power of combining yoga and journaling. Especially for mental healthReal-life stories of transformation, including teaching at a rare cancer community eventPractical ways to balance the doshas through everyday tools.The importance of letting go of perfectionism in both yoga and journalingEmpowering journal prompts Journaling offers a powerful way to...
2025-09-0158 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaEnhance Your Yoga Practice For Mental Health and Trauma Recovery | Ep 11Join Liz Albanis as she chats about Yoga for Trauma Recovery and Mental Well-being. Exploring some of the ways to enhance your practice for better mental health. Key TopicsLearn why consistent practice. Even just five minutes daily, can be more effective than two studio classes each week. Discover how to improve your nervous system with Yoga. can support your journey towards balance without overstimulation or depletion.Understand your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems' roles in healing from trauma and recognize signs of being stuck in a fight-or-flight state. Why your yoga practice needs to mee...
2025-08-1813 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaTrauma Recovery Through Yoga: Insights for Teachers and Practitioners | Ep 10Explore how yoga impacts trauma recovery and mental health. Focusing on its role in PTSD, nervous system regulation, and holistic strategies for teachers and practitioner. In this episode, Liz Albanis explores the role of yoga in mental health. emphasising its potential for trauma recovery and well-being. But also, how it could be detrimental towards recovery and mental health in general. monstrating the importance of nervous system regulation through yoga practices. She provides valuable insights for yoga teachers. On how to better support students to help hold a more supportive space. Triggers in a yoga studio, many wouldn't think of...
2025-08-0424 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaYoga Teaching Confidence Starts Here: Anatomy, Mindset & Authenticity with Karen Fabian | Ep 09What if the thing holding you back as a yoga teacher wasn’t your knowledge, but your mindset? Liz Albanis joined by Karen Fabian. Karen Fabian is an experienced yoga teacher, anatomy educator and author. Whether you're a new teacher feeling overwhelmed . Or an experienced practitioner ready to go deeper. This episode delivers useful tools and mindset shifts. To help you transform your teaching from the inside out.About the GuestKaren is the founder of Bare Bones Yoga. With over 20 years of teaching experience. And a background in r...
2025-07-2159 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaTrauma Awareness: The Scariest Night of My Life - A Second Fire | Ep 08Liz shares her personal experiences of trauma survival. Insights into how yoga aids trauma recovery and resilience. As part of holistic wellness plan for mental health. Also shedding light on trauma awareness.On 11 January 2024, Liz's life changed in an instant. In this emotional and episode, she shares the story of the night her neighbour’s house went up in flames. So close that we she and her family only minutes to escape. It was the second fire she had survived, and it ended up sparking the inspiration for this podcast.This episode isn’t about reli...
2025-07-0725 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaHealing Through Yoga, Somatics, EFT & Reiki with Justine Janssen | Ep 07Liz Albanis speaks with Justine Janssen. A senior yoga teacher. Former owner of three yoga studios, mentor, retreat facilitator. A lifelong student now training in holistic counselling and somatics. This heartfelt and powerful conversation is for yoga teachers, practitioners, and anyone interested in the deeper dimensions of yoga. Especially those curious about trauma-informed practice. The evolution of teaching styles, and how yoga helps us find resilience through change. Liz and Justine dive into the real and raw journey of being a teacher and student of yoga. From running packed power yoga studios. To finding grounding in personalised, somatic and one...
2025-06-2353 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaHow to Reduce Hidden Toxins in Your Home & Body with Michelle Diener | Ep 06Liz chats with Michelle Diener, to explore the hidden dangers of everyday toxins and their impact on our health. Including their role in hormone disruption, chronic illness, and breast cancer risk. She is naturopath, building biologist, and certified low-tox coach. Through 1:1 coaching, group education and in-home assessments, she helps people achieve better health and wellbeing, and reduce the risk of disease in the future. By working with them to reduce the amount of toxins in their home and body. To get the toxins out and keep them out and to support their body’s natural detox pat...
2025-06-0939 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaAyurveda, Teaching and Living Your Yoga with Lisa Weller | Ep 05Liz speaks with senior yoga teacher and therapist Lisa Weller based in Brisbane, Australia. With over 20 years of yoga experience. Lisa shares how her yoga practice has evolved into a spiritual and holistic lifestyle. Far beyond poses on a mat. Together, they discuss the intersection of Ayurveda and Yoga. Adapting your practice to your energy levels. How yoga can support the nervous system during real-life challenges like natural disasters.Yoga is a Spiritual and Holistic Lifestyle Lisa defines yoga as a way of connecting mind, body, and spirit. And...
2025-05-2634 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaYoga Alignment: Why Some Yoga Poses Feel Impossible | Ep 04 Have you ever struggled with a yoga pose and wondered, Why can’t I do this when others can? You’re not alone. Many people assume that flexibility and strength are the only factors in yoga poses. The truth is your unique bone structure plays a huge role in what poses feel accessible. Or impossible!In this episode, Liz shares her personal experience struggling with Wheel Pose. AKA Urdhva Dhanurasana. And what she learned about skeletal variation. The reason why some poses will never feel right, no matter how hard you try. If you’v...
2025-05-1212 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaDecluttering Tips to Improve Your Mental Health with Melinda Ferrier | Ep 03 Liz sits down with Melinda Ferrier, a professional organiser. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by “stuff”. Struggled to let go. Or wondered if decluttering could actually improve your well-being. This episode is for you!Decluttering is a Mindset Shift. Understanding why we hold onto things is the key to long-term transformation and preventing re-cluttering.Clutter Affects Your Mental Health. Decluttering for ADHD and Trauma. Plus major life transitions. Scientific research on the mental and emotional effects of a clutter-free spaceThe KonMari Me...
2025-04-2842 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaGrief, Pain Relief & Transformation Through Yoga & Tips for Teachers with Rebel Tucker | Ep 02Liz sits down with yoga therapist, naturopath, and senior yoga teacher Rebel Tucker. To explore how yoga goes far beyond the poses. And can become a lifeline in times of adversity. Yoga is often misunderstood as just a physical practice. But its true power lies in its ability to heal the mind, regulate emotions, and build resilience. Rebel shares her personal journey with yoga. How it helped her through grief and loss. The deep philosophical roots that make yoga a powerful tool for transformation. This episode filled with wisdom...
2025-04-1444 min
Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaMy Personal Yoga Journey: Addiction, Resilience & Self-Belief | Ep 01In this episode, Liz share's her personal yoga journey. From her very first Bikram (hot yoga) class in 2011. To becoming a yoga teacher and eventually embracing a home practice. While she initially started yoga for fitness and flexibility. Liz soon discovered that its most profound benefits had nothing to do with weight loss or fancy poses. Tune in as Liz share's the unexpected ways yoga changed my life, helped her finally quit smoking. Then led me to a career in wellness.Key Topics Covered:First Y...
2025-03-3120 minYoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of YogaWelcome to Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga PodcastHosted by Liz Albanis, a senior yoga teacher and yoga therapist in training. This podcast was born in 2024, after Liz survived her second fire. Fire has been a recurring theme in her life. Not just in the literal sense, but as a metaphor. It has asked her to burn away what no longer serves her, to transform, and to rise stronger each time. Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga is where yoga meets real life. Whether you're on a personal journey, teaching yoga, or deepening your practice. This podcast unpacks the true power of yoga. Beyond t...
2025-02-1202 min